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When should I tell my players that they have forgotten something?
My players have been operating out of a certain small town for my whole campaign. They've adventured around the area nearby quite a bit already (just finished Session 23).
Recently, my intended ...
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How many hexes do the different kinds of settlements take up on province scale maps?
On pages 16 and 17 of the DMG three sizes of possible settlements are detailed: villages, towns and cities. Their respective sections give details about the size of their population amongst other ...
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How can I convert The Touch of Death 2E module to run in D&D 5e?
I am including the Ravenloft: Touch of Death module from AD&D 2e in my D&D 5e campaign as I have repurposed the Hexad. However, the maps from the quest are a mess, the NPCs are disposable, and ...
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How do you measure distance on a battlemap/grid? [closed]
In the 5e master manual it says that, at a certain scale on a regional map, hexagons represent a certain amount of miles. Does it refer to sides or distance from the center of a hex to another?
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Kingdom Map and Travel Pace
I'm having trouble with scales when creating a kingdom map.
Quoting the Dungeon Master's Guide regarding province scale maps (p. 14):
For the most detailed areas of your world, use a province ...
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How to use battle maps in combination with large, open spaces such as a town square
I recently came across this problem when I DM'd a ready-to-use oneshot - its main battle took place on the town square, and the map supplied with the rest of the campaign guide would have required me ...
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Creating a map for a West Marches campaign [closed]
I'm about to start running a West Marches campaign and I am struggling with a way to build up a map that I can use. Here are my thoughts so far:
Create a DM only Hex based map that shows terrain and ...
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How can I figure out distances for a map I'm using? [closed]
I've made a map for my D&D game. But I forgot to consider its size and how long it would take to travel over it. How can I determine the size of my map? Someone guessed that it might be the same ...
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How do you represent sloping topography on a battle mat?
So, the vast majority of combat happens on flat environments, but most real-world environments are topographically variable. They have hills, and trenches, and slopes, and stuff.
I have no trouble ...
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What other villages were affected by the events leading up to Hoard of the Dragon Queen?
Running Hoard of the Dragon Queen, “Episode 3: The Dragon Hatchery” on Roll20 and I'm editing the map of the Sword Coast to show only the Greenfields and the route they marked.
I also want to put Xs ...
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How to copy maps from adventure books [duplicate]
I recently bought a DnD 5e starter set and with it came the adventure book of the Lost Mine of Phandelver. It had a few maps with it. Now the problem is, I'm not sure how I should get those maps on a ...
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How much time should travelling through a country take? [closed]
Im creating my world right now, and i have the basic layout
What i've been thinking about, is how large it should be, and im not sure how to do it to maximize the fun in the game.
At the moment i ...
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